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  • 91love — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Strong affection Nouns 1. love, fondness, liking; inclination, desire; regard, admiration, affection, tenderness, heart, attachment, yearning; gallantry; passion, flame, devotion, infatuation, adoration; …

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  • 92wolf — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. canid, wolfkin, cub, whelp; hyena; werewolf, wolfman; slang, philanderer, rake, roué, woman chaser, lady killer. See animal, love. v. t. raven, gulp, bolt, gobble. See food. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An… …

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  • 93boyfriend — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. date, young man, beau, escort, companion, gentleman friend, steady, lover, inamorato, sweetheart, man, gentleman caller, suitor, flame, paramour, truelove, admirer, wooer, fellow*, main man*, old man*. II (Roget s 3… …

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  • 94courter — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A man who courts a woman: admirer, beau, suitor, swain, wooer. See SEX …

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  • 95Love — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Love >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 love love Sgm: N 1 fondness fondness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 liking liking Sgm: N 1 inclination inclination &c.(desire) 865 Sgm: N 1 regard regard …

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  • 96Clytaemnestra — wife and murderess of Agamemnon, from Gk. Klytaimnestra, from klytos celebrated, heard of + mnester wooer, suitor, lit. willing to mind, mindful of, related to mnasthai to remember …

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  • 97swain — mid 12c., young man attendant upon a knight, from O.N. sveinn boy, servant, attendant, from P.Gmc. *swainaz attendant, servant, properly “one s own (man),” from PIE *swoi no , from root *swe oneself, alone, apart (see IDIOM (Cf. idiom)).… …

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  • 98woo — verb (woos, wooing, wooed) 1》 try to gain the love of (a woman). 2》 seek the support or custom of. Derivatives wooable adjective wooer noun Origin OE wōgian, āwōgian, of unknown origin …

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  • 99suitor — n. 1. Solicitor, petitioner, applicant, suppliant, supplicant. 2. Wooer, lover, gallant …

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  • 100swain — n. 1. Rustic, hind, peasant, countryman, clown. 2. Country gallant, rustic lover, wooer, suitor, adorer, inamorato, amoroso …

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